Next Friday’s solar eclipse in Pisces, falls right on the heels of the final Uranus-Pluto square– and within hours of the energy-recalibrating Equinox. A lot of old karma is coming to a head, to be released and transformed once and for all.

During an eclipse, the fundamental laws of the universe no longer apply. The Sun browns out, like a faulty wire that dims your kitchen light when you turn on the garbage disposal. Birds grow quiet. The world is shrouded in an apprehensive silence that you can almost hear….

It’s Spring—time to break out and break through! Across my garden I see the signs. Hyacinths and daffodils are poking their heads above ground. Branches that have looked dead for months now sprout with new life. The birds are getting busier. While the Pisces New Moon “closes the circle” by inviting us to reflect on the past year, the Sun entering Aries encourages us to look forward into the future….

End-of-life researcher Stephen Levine writes of a woman who was dying in terrible pain and bitterness. Suddenly, when she couldn’t bear the suffering any longer, the woman had a breakthrough: She began to experience the agony of a starving mother in Ethiopia, a runaway teenager dying of an overdose, a man crushed by a landslide. […]

Ground your body, clear your mind… Become aware of your body. Notice how gravity holds and connects you to earth. It’s as though your body is an ancient stone temple—solid, strong, secure. Sanctify this temple. Imagine a priestess is pouring sacred water and scattering rose petals, all the way down, from your head to your […]

I recently had a very upsetting break-up with an old, old friend; she judged me harshly for an act I thought was a good deed and an act of integrity. Although I know how to process upsets pretty well, I can’t seem to shake my obsession with the deep and dark feelings trailing after this one … What would you suggest for me to get past the trails of disappointment, sadness, not feeling seen, and missing her that seem to be hanging on in my feelings?

Place your bare feet on the altar of this Pisces New Moon. Traditionally, this sign rules the feet. Some ancient wise one must have seen how the soles are a doorway to the soul as it circulates through your body. Your feet are vital centers for energy flow….

Those are not my better days. They create writer’s block. They have me feeling inordinately nervous before a presentation. I want to pull my turtle head under my turtle shell and call the whole thing off. These thoughts work against the very principle that has, over time, earned me a place at the table, that feeling of allowing passion, curiosity and excitement to lead me where it may.

Experience tells me that this field is real and it’s not passive. It has properties. It’s protective—pervasive—sensitive—accommodating—binding—and—diffuse. Freely it holds everything together. We could call it anything we want—the Great Mother, Kwan Yin, Tara, Shakti, the Cow Goddess, Mary, Shekinah, or just “universal moonlight.”

Sometimes, it must be said, Virgo indulges in negative criticism; the world is full of faults and mediocrity, and Virgo’s inability to ignore these things can turn her into a cranky scold. But sometimes, Virgo criticizes because she is enraptured by a vision of greatness that lies only a few punctuation marks away.…

Draw your hands to your heart. Massage this area. Feel that you have become the goddess, capable of balancing the earth and harmonizing its opposing forces. In particular you are tuned to the energies of Virgo and Pisces, signs devoted to magic, service and healing, although they approach their spiritual work from opposite directions.

My husband and I both work full time jobs, tend to be non-stop “on-the-go”, live in a busy metro area and are both getting older as well. We also both have minor health concerns. Due to all of the just mentioned we have not nurtured the sexual aspect of our love lives, although we are affectionate. Gentle hints do not seem to be working at this point. I feel stuck and afraid. What is the best way to nurture my marriage at this point?

It’s the last Full Moon before Spring arrives. The weather is changing and changeable. Our bodies are adjusting to the coming season. But maybe it’s still too cold to sit under the Moon. Or the temperature is fine, but it’s cloudy. Here’s a lovely indoor Full Moon practice that begins as you drift off to […]